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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
2025 No. 1064 (C. 51)
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS
The Online Safety Act 2023 (Commencement
No. 5) (Revocation) Regulations 2025
Made - - - - 9th October 2025
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 240(1)
and (2) of the Online Safety Act 2023(1).
Citation and extent
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Online Safety Act 2023 (Commencement No. 5)
(Revocation) Regulations 2025.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Revocation
2. The Online Safety Act 2023 (Commencement No. 5) Regulations 2025(2) are revoked.
Mike Tapp
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
9th October 2025 Home Office
(1) 2023 c. 50.
(2) S.I. 2025/371.Document Generated: 2025-10-09
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations revoke the Online Safety Act 2023 (Commencement No. 5) Regulations 2025
(“the Commencement Regulations”), which would have brought into force provisions of the Online
Safety Act 2023 (“the Act”) requiring certain providers of regulated user-to-user services to report
child sexual abuse and exploitation content to the National Crime Agency.
As a result, the provisions of the Act listed in regulation 2 of the Commencement Regulations, will
no longer come into force on 3rd November 2025.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact
on private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.
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